Karl Lagerfeld set his Chanel
collection in that most quintessential of Parisian settings: a bistro
and café that he playfully named 'Brasserie Gabrielle', complete with
waiters serving croissants and coffee at the bar to the fashion show’s
guests, and classic flower arrangements of palm fronds and beetroot red
flowers.

“Cuisine traditionnelle,” he joked during fittings in
his frenetic studio on the Rue Cambon, the day before the show. “More
French you cannot get. It’s a French collection,” Karl added, “because I’m
against French-bashing.”